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Author, prize-winning playwright and award-winning historian Meredith Bean McMath is the Managing Director of Run Rabbit Run Productions, Inc. and Run Rabbit Run Theatre company. Her works include original plays, documentaries and living history presentations on behalf of museums and preservation groups which include The Lincoln Preservation Foundation, The Waterford Foundation, The National Trust's Oatlands Plantation, The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, The Newseum, and The Museum of The Shenandoah Valley. Through RUN RABBIT RUN THEATRE, McMath brings together area artists to produce high caliber theatre productions. From its very first production - the 2010 Capital Fringe Festival production of McMath's satire, Case 22 - Run Rabbit Run has won critical acclaim for its stage adaptations and musicals, contemporary and original plays. McMath holda a BA in History from the The College of William and Mary and an MS in Arts Administration from Shenandoah University. |
NEXT UP
NOV. 29 - DEC. 9, 2018
McMath, El-Shafey and Jones' critically acclaimed ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS CAROL returns to Franklin Park Arts Center in Purcellville! High praise from patrons and press met the 2012 premiere of this musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS CAROL features original music by Diane El-Shafey, accompaniment by Carma Jones and a unique book adaptation by Meredith Bean McMath. The 2012 premiere was produced and directed by Meredith McMath with Musical Director Diane El-Shafey and Asst. Musical Director Carma Jones - and the team will again take on those roles for the 2018 production! Tickets and further info at RRRtheatre.org. |
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DECEMBER 15, 1-2:15 pm
RUST LIBRARY, Leesburg, VA
A Lively Reading of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
presented by Run Rabbit Run Theatre at Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Road, Leesburg, VA
As Dickens' classic Christmas story is read aloud, tje reader is occasionally interrupted by characters from the book' who've come to life to act out selected scenes in the full costume of the day!. A wonderful way to present this little book to new generations - in a program highly recommended for children of all ages. The presentation is courtesy of volunteers from the theatre company's just completed run of Once Upon A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Program is free and open to the public, courtesy of Loudoun County Public Libraries. No sign up required!
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SERVICE
McMath serves as on the Board of Directors as Marketing Director for VSA - Loudoun County, the nonprofit organization to providing arts and theatre arts programs for the disabled and their families. Former nonprofit service includes grant panelist for Region IVb of the VA Commission for the Arts; Marketing Director of the Loudoun Lyric Opera; Committee Member for the Economic Task Force for Leesburg Performing Arts Ctr.; Loudoun Arts Council, Leesburg Performing Arts Ctr. Economic Task Force, and the Loudoun Youth Initiative. EDUCATION BA History, The College of William and Mary (Member Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society); MS Arts Management - Shenandoah University (Concentration: Arts Marketing; Recipient of the Graduate Student Award). |
In this July 2018 interview, Nancy Wyatt of My Persuasive Presentations takes a close look at Run Rabbit Run Theatre and McMath's work:
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."
"My evocative conversation with Meredith reminded me of the adage given to actors using the Acting Stanislavski method. It states that, while performing, they should listen and respond, not just memorize their lines and speak from rote. Meredith lives Method Acting in a real-life expressive discourse..."